Toedscruel
Toedscruel is a Ground/Grass-type Pokémon, the Woodear Pokémon, number 949 (#0949) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 9 and comes from the Paldea region. It is 1.9 m tall and weighs 58 kg.
Toedscruel is the Woodear Pokémon, a mushroom on ten springy tentacles that looks like Tentacruel but is unrelated to it. The Pokédex says the folds around its cap are a popular delicacy, though it absolutely hates strangers coming near.
How to pronounce Toedscruel
Toedscruel is pronounced TOHD-skroo-ul. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.
Listen to Toedscruel said out loud:
In Japanese it is リククラゲ (Rikukurage).
Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.
Lore
Biology
Toedscruel is 1.9 m tall and 58 kg. Its black mushroom cap carries three pink bumps, one smaller and at the front, and a folded beige rim that people eat. Below the cap are two slanted eyes, a tube-like black mouth and ten tentacles that resemble mycelium. Bulbapedia says it hops along on those springy tentacles rather than running.
Behaviour
Toedscruel gathers into colonies, and the Pokédex says it absolutely hates it when strangers approach.
Habitat
Deep inside forests, according to the Pokédex. In Scarlet and Violet it is found along Socarrat Trail in the North Province, and in The Teal Mask in the Kitakami Wilds and Timeless Woods.
Diet
The Pokédex says it wraps its 10 tentacles around prey and drains their nutrients, which hurts the prey.
Powers
Its only Ability is Mycelium Might. It learns Reflect Type, Stun Spore, Spore, Giga Drain, Earth Power and Power Whip. With 120 base Special Defense and 100 Speed it is a bulky, surprisingly quick support Pokémon.
Name origin
Toedscruel blends 'toadstool', 'toed' and Tentacruel. The Japanese name is Rikukurage (リククラゲ), which may combine 陸 riku ('land'), 木耳 kikurage ('tree jellyfish') and Dokukurage, Tentacruel's Japanese name.
Design inspiration
Like its pre-evolution, it appears to be a wood ear mushroom styled after a jellyfish Pokémon. Bulbapedia says its tube mouth resembles a cephalopod's hyponome, a stylised mouth often drawn on Japanese cephalopod characters, and its pink bumps may refer to the red droplets some fungi produce. These are fan readings.
Evolution notes
Toedscruel evolves from Toedscool at level 30.
In the games
Toedscruel appears in 4-star and 6-star Tera Raids and as fixed encounters in The Teal Mask, an expansion to Scarlet and Violet, the games where it debuted. Bulbapedia lists it as unobtainable in Legends: Z-A.
In the anime
Toedscruel debuted in Pokémon Horizons in 'Song Within the Mist', as part of Lucius's Lapras's crew, and returned in 'Lapras's Feelings for its Friends'.
Fun facts
- In the game code, Toedscool and Toedscruel are called OKAKINGU and OKAGYARADOSU, which Bulbapedia says suggests they replaced a scrapped Magikarp-based line.
- Bulbapedia's list of Pokémon with tentacles or a many-legged body includes only one Ground type: Toedscruel.
- Bulbapedia notes that no Pokémon besides Toedscruel and Toedscool is known to have the Ability Mycelium Might.
Base stats
- HP: 80
- Attack: 70
- Defense: 65
- Sp. Atk: 80
- Sp. Def: 120
- Speed: 100
Toedscruel’s base stat total is 515. Its highest stat is Sp. Def.
Type matchups
What is Toedscruel weak to?
Toedscruel takes extra damage from Ice (4×), Fire (2×), Flying (2×), Bug (2×) moves.
It resists Ground (½×), Rock (½×).
It is immune to Electric moves.
Evolution
What does Toedscruel evolve from?
Toedscruel evolves from Toedscool at level 30.
Toedscruel is the final stage of its evolution family.
The whole family: Toedscool, Toedscruel.
Abilities
- Mycelium Might: Status moves go last, but are not affected by the opponent's ability.
Moves
Moves Toedscruel learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet
| Level | Move | Type | Category | Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reflect Type | Normal | Status | — |
| 1 | Wrap | Normal | Physical | 15 |
| 1 | Mud-Slap | Ground | Special | 20 |
| 4 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 |
| 8 | Poison Powder | Poison | Status | — |
| 8 | Stun Spore | Grass | Status | — |
| 12 | Supersonic | Normal | Status | — |
| 15 | Tackle | Normal | Physical | 40 |
| 16 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 |
| 20 | Screech | Normal | Status | — |
| 24 | Mud Shot | Ground | Special | 55 |
| 28 | Hex | Ghost | Special | 65 |
| 34 | Seed Bomb | Grass | Physical | 80 |
| 40 | Spore | Grass | Status | — |
| 44 | Growth | Normal | Status | — |
| 48 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 |
| 54 | Earth Power | Ground | Special | 90 |
| 58 | Power Whip | Grass | Physical | 120 |
TM moves (44)
Toedscruel can learn 44 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Mud-Slap, Scary Face, Protect, Acid Spray, Confuse Ray, Trailblaze, Hex, Swift, Magical Leaf, Mud Shot, Venoshock, Endure, Rain Dance, Bullet Seed, Foul Play, Sleep Talk, Seed Bomb, Reflect, Light Screen, Dazzling Gleam, Grass Knot, Rest, Taunt, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Flash Cannon, Substitute, Giga Drain, Energy Ball, Earth Power, Grassy Terrain, Sludge Bomb, Giga Impact, Leaf Storm, Trick Room, Hyper Beam, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Toxic, Knock Off, Lunge, Grassy Glide, Pain Split, Skitter Smack.
Egg moves (8), which Toedscool can hatch knowing:Acupressure, Knock Off, Leech Seed, Mirror Coat, Rage Powder, Rapid Spin, Tickle, Toxic.
Breeding & training
- Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
- Egg groups: Grass.
- Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
- Catch rate: 90 out of 255.
- Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
- Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
- Defeating it gives 2 Sp. Def effort values.
- Base experience yield: 180.
Pokédex entries
It coils its 10 tentacles around prey and sucks out their nutrients, causing the prey pain. The folds along the rim of its head are a popular delicacy. (Violet)
These Pokémon gather into groups and form colonies deep within forests. They absolutely hate it when strangers approach. (Scarlet)
Names around the world
| Japanese | リククラゲ |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Rikukurage |
| French | Terracruel |
| German | Tenterra |
| Spanish | Toedscruel |
| Italian | Toedscruel |
| Korean | 육파리 |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 陆地水母 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 陸地水母 |
Trivia
- Highest Sp. Def among Ground types: 120, shared with 1 other.
- Tallest Grass type in Gen 9: 1.9 m.
- Highest Sp. Def among Ground types in Gen 9: 120.
- Taller than 86% of all Pokémon (1.9 m).
- Heavier than 70% of all Pokémon (58 kg).
- Base stat total 515, ranked #226 of 1,025.
- Its best stat is Sp. Def, ranked #40 of 1,025.
- One of 3 Pokémon that are both Ground and Grass.
- One of 51 black Pokémon.
- Number 44 of 120 Pokémon introduced in Generation 9 (Paldea).
- Part of an evolution family of 2 Pokémon.
- Can learn 62 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
- Catch rate 90: about 11.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
- Appears in 2 distinct Pokédex entries.
Sources and fact-checking
- Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
- Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Toedscruel (Pokémon), Serebii: Toedscruel (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
- Pronunciation (TOHD-skroo-ul): no English source says it out loud, so it is our best guess from the parts of the name.
Last checked: . Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.
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